Medal - General C.G. Gordon - The Latest Christian Martyr

Features

Location Sudan
Type Unclassified exonumia › Miscellaneous token
Year 1884
Weight 31.99 g
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
114743

Commemorative issue

General C.G. Gordon - The Latest Christian Martyr

Obverse

Bust of C.G. Gordon

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GENERAL C.G.GORDON. C.E., R.E.
THE LATEST CHRISTIAN MARTYR

Reverse

Lettering within wreath

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SENT BY THE
GLADSTONE
GOVERNMENT TO THE SOUDAN
WITH ONE COMPANION, JANY 1884
IN MARCH HE ASKED FOR
200 BRITISH TROOPS
BUT WAS DELIBERATELY
ABANDONED TO HIS FATE
UNTIL TOO LATE
W.O. LEWIS BIRMINGHAM

Comments

Charles George Gordon (January 28, 1833 - January 26, 1885), soldier and administrator, remembered for his exploits in China and northern Africa. The Siege of Khartoum commenced on the 18th March, 1884. The relief force arrived at Metemma on the 20th January 1885, started for Khartoum on the 24th arriving on the the 28th to find the city had been captured and Gordon killed two days before.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1884 

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